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u.s. computer networks are under daily attack by nation states. international criminal organizations, sub national groups and individual hackers. and regimes in teheran and po pyongyang remain bent on delivery systems rather than fulfilling international obligations or even meeting the basic needs of their people. yes, the cia's mission as important to our nation's security today as any time in our nation's history. in carrying out the mission, the men and women of the cia frequently asked to undertake challenging, perilous and, yes, controversial actions on behalf of the american people. the cia is not immune from the scrutiny of the efforts and i welcome a discussion of cia's past and current activities. if i am confirmed one of the highest priorities would be the committ committee's lengthy report of interrogation with now banned interrogation techniques. i have read the findings and executive summary of the 6,000 page report which raises a number of very serious issues. given the gravity and importance of the subject, i would look forward to f
u.s. computer networks are under daily attack by nation states. international criminal organizations, sub national groups and individual hackers. and regimes in teheran and po pyongyang remain bent on delivery systems rather than fulfilling international obligations or even meeting the basic needs of their people. yes, the cia's mission as important to our nation's security today as any time in our nation's history. in carrying out the mission, the men and women of the cia frequently asked to...
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u.s. limited in fight against north african militants. the united states is struggling to confront an uptick in threats in the newest hot spot with limited intelligence and few partners to help as the obama administration weighs who you to keep islamic extremists from jeopardizing national security without launching war. we want to put up a map here. and explain to people where this is. egypt, libya, algeria, mali, niger. when i read about the idea that we don't have enough intelligence, we've known about al qaeda in north africa since before 9/11. this is the original safe haven of osama bin laden, was north africa. did we drop the ball? >> you know, when al qaeda attacked the united states on 9/11, and it became clear that we had to go to war on terrorism against al qaeda, we focused on al qaeda's core leadership and where they were at. and we've done that. we've gone after them in pakistan, afghanistan, and going after them in yemen, going after them in somalia. yes, they are out there. >> it's been out there a long time, right? it's n
u.s. limited in fight against north african militants. the united states is struggling to confront an uptick in threats in the newest hot spot with limited intelligence and few partners to help as the obama administration weighs who you to keep islamic extremists from jeopardizing national security without launching war. we want to put up a map here. and explain to people where this is. egypt, libya, algeria, mali, niger. when i read about the idea that we don't have enough intelligence, we've...
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weapons of mass destruction were a concern and u.s. officials were hard at work around the globe trying to prevent regional tensions and an mos if is from turning in to full-scale wars and ominously, the united states about to face an upsurge in terrorist attacks to claim hundreds of american lives in lebanon including a 49-year-old cia officer named bob ames killed in a brief visit to our embassy in beirut and who at the time was my boss at cia. during my 25-year career at cia, i watched up close and participated in history being made in far off corners of the world. as cia fulfilled the critical intelligence roles, collecting intelligence, uncovering secrets, identifying threats, partnering with foreign intelligence and security agencies, carrying out covert action and attempting to forecast events yet to happen, all in an effort to protect our people and to strengthen america's national security. and throughout my career, i had the great fortune to experience firsthand and to witness what it means to be a cia officer. such as an ana
weapons of mass destruction were a concern and u.s. officials were hard at work around the globe trying to prevent regional tensions and an mos if is from turning in to full-scale wars and ominously, the united states about to face an upsurge in terrorist attacks to claim hundreds of american lives in lebanon including a 49-year-old cia officer named bob ames killed in a brief visit to our embassy in beirut and who at the time was my boss at cia. during my 25-year career at cia, i watched up...
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can you talk about why the u.s. military is now flying drone operations or did fly drone operations over pakistan? >> i can't. i know you say it's widely acknowledged. i don't know how widely anything has been acknowledged on that count. i don't think it's appropriate for me at this podium to discuss operations that may or may not be taking place. >> what concerns do you have that these u.s. government drone strikes in pakistan may be backfiring now and simply creating more enemies of the united states? >> i refer your questions to other people. that's not something we speak to or are involved in. >> who would you refer them to, jeff? where should i -- >> do you not want a question, justin? >> i do want a question, but barbara is still talking. >> barbara, do you have a follow? >> would you tell me where you would refer that to? >> you would have to talk to somebody other than the pentagon. we don't talk to those operational matters because they don't involve us. yes. >> they don't involve us. you have to talk to so
can you talk about why the u.s. military is now flying drone operations or did fly drone operations over pakistan? >> i can't. i know you say it's widely acknowledged. i don't know how widely anything has been acknowledged on that count. i don't think it's appropriate for me at this podium to discuss operations that may or may not be taking place. >> what concerns do you have that these u.s. government drone strikes in pakistan may be backfiring now and simply creating more enemies...
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and u.s. forces and allied forces kicked the nazis out and john kerry said one of his earlier memories is going to that home and seeing only a stairway to the sky, seeing a chimney, everything else in devastation. so he has sort of two sides. one is the concern about the u.s. going too far in vietnam and the other is an understanding that the u.s. force can be used for good and he saw that as a very young child growing up. >> interesting also that the president did dug at him to go to pakistan, afghanistan, there were his wills both secret and public. it was he who was september to try to get hamid karzthat har i karzai back on the reservation. the question is how much leeway will he have at the state department. as hillary clinton learned, it's a closely held hold on policy. >> john kerry was sort of a shadow secretary of state as far as the democratic few. he was pair laying the democratic and obama white house message, but he was working with the state department, with the white house. he s
and u.s. forces and allied forces kicked the nazis out and john kerry said one of his earlier memories is going to that home and seeing only a stairway to the sky, seeing a chimney, everything else in devastation. so he has sort of two sides. one is the concern about the u.s. going too far in vietnam and the other is an understanding that the u.s. force can be used for good and he saw that as a very young child growing up. >> interesting also that the president did dug at him to go to...
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subversive thing to say here in washington could be a career killer can you name some key points where u.s. and israeli interests conflict i think it is very much in america's interests it's not a favor to iran it is in america's interests to come to terms with the islamic republic to accept safeguarded enrichment of uranium as the basis for a deal on the nuclear issue israel's ability to impose its hegemony in gaza or southern lebanon is not an american interest it may be an israeli preference it's not an american interests i think american interests would be much better served by a kind of rational. political settlement to the palestinian issue that palestinians and other middle easterners will see as legitimate there is no way that open ended israeli occupation of palestinian lands will ever be seen that way and i think that's you know very much against american interests and i think in a similar vein it's but i would take us to a similar vein to a plan laid out i know but i would take it a little more broadly it's very difficult for the way that israel is structured politically for it
subversive thing to say here in washington could be a career killer can you name some key points where u.s. and israeli interests conflict i think it is very much in america's interests it's not a favor to iran it is in america's interests to come to terms with the islamic republic to accept safeguarded enrichment of uranium as the basis for a deal on the nuclear issue israel's ability to impose its hegemony in gaza or southern lebanon is not an american interest it may be an israeli preference...
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they were never intended to be used by u.s. interrogators. these techniques were based on chinese and communist techniques used during the korean war. they were developed to expose them for a few moments to these techniques was meant to help them survive in the event they were captured, in the event they were subjected to these techniques. my question to you is this. is there any come comparability to a friendly trainer exposing our troops to waterboarding for a few moments, is there any comparability to using these techniques on an enemy in an effort to extract intelligence? >> they're for completely different purposes and intentions. i do not see any comparability there. >> now, the chairman and i issued a report on -- or made a statement on april 27th, 2012. this also began with the statement of mr. rodriguez. here is what he said. information provided by cia detainees, khalid sheikh mohammed about bin laden's courier being the lead information that eventually led to the location of bin laden's compound and the operation that led to his de
they were never intended to be used by u.s. interrogators. these techniques were based on chinese and communist techniques used during the korean war. they were developed to expose them for a few moments to these techniques was meant to help them survive in the event they were captured, in the event they were subjected to these techniques. my question to you is this. is there any come comparability to a friendly trainer exposing our troops to waterboarding for a few moments, is there any...
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stopping economic warfare against iran but what are the chances for diplomacy i mean iran is surrounded by u.s. military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to sanctions that are crippling the rate in economy it seems there's more ground for blackmail now than for diplomacy unfortunately i think that is the american hope that we can still force coerced out that's what the united states has been doing really since the end of the cold war we have focused on coercing outcomes by as flynt said projecting enormous amounts of conventional military force into the middle east to coerce political outcomes and we were you know before one thousand nine hundred one we were somewhat restrained in doing that because of the cold war if we put in too many million many troops we were afraid that some of you know the soviet union would so. in a sense that constrained us and foresee united states to really rely more on soft power more on having a narrative after the class of the soviet union the end of the cold war we i think left the left that out we put the you know under the table we focused entirely on
stopping economic warfare against iran but what are the chances for diplomacy i mean iran is surrounded by u.s. military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to sanctions that are crippling the rate in economy it seems there's more ground for blackmail now than for diplomacy unfortunately i think that is the american hope that we can still force coerced out that's what the united states has been doing really since the end of the cold war we have focused on coercing outcomes by as flynt said...
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. >>> straight ahead, targeting u.s. terrorists. just how effective are those military drone strikes? general barry mccafferty is going to weigh in. a change for monopoly and some may call it the cat's meow. so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. to travel whenever you want. all stations come over to mithis is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. >>> more now on the major change to mail deliv
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i expected there to be a national debate on whether or not we wanted to use torture as an official u.s. policy now i'm very happy proud actually that i played a role in that debate and now the limbo law of the land is that torture is illegal i'm very proud of that i frankly didn't expect that the government would would go after me so relentlessly i stood in the snow for two hours to vote for president obama i really believed that this was a positive change i believed that he deserved that nobel peace prize or only because i expected things to change so dramatically at the beginning of his first term so no i never believed i would be going to prison under a president obama never. that's been i think my biggest disappointment but you haven't seen a dramatic change i haven't seen any change no torture he stopped torture sure but in terms of counterterrorism policy i think the obama administration is largely an extension of the bush administration and stick it out with thank you for the interview i wish all the best thanks very much for having me. my juggling geog. do hack work and get cau
i expected there to be a national debate on whether or not we wanted to use torture as an official u.s. policy now i'm very happy proud actually that i played a role in that debate and now the limbo law of the land is that torture is illegal i'm very proud of that i frankly didn't expect that the government would would go after me so relentlessly i stood in the snow for two hours to vote for president obama i really believed that this was a positive change i believed that he deserved that nobel...
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we did not know that no u.s. intelligence personnel had ever interrogated him. >> based on defector information in ever interrogated him. >> based on intelligence, saddam hussein had a massive clandestine program that developed uranium. >> that would be the information provided, by the head of the iraqi national congress. the self-appointed ex-patriot iraqi shadow government. >> we talked to shalabbi on multiple occasions, and we saw that they were hyping the type of information they put out. >> he is so determined that he has made repeated covert attempts to acquire from 11 different countries, even after inspections resumed. >> yet again, the aluminum tubes. >> i was incredibly disappointed when he brought out comments about the aluminum tubes. i felt betrayed as an american and scientist. >> i can trace the story of a senior terrorist operative telling how iraq provided training in these weapons to al-qaeda. fortunately, this operative is now detained. and he has told his story. >> powell is referring to alibb
we did not know that no u.s. intelligence personnel had ever interrogated him. >> based on defector information in ever interrogated him. >> based on intelligence, saddam hussein had a massive clandestine program that developed uranium. >> that would be the information provided, by the head of the iraqi national congress. the self-appointed ex-patriot iraqi shadow government. >> we talked to shalabbi on multiple occasions, and we saw that they were hyping the type of...
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he was put on a u.s. ship&interrogated for 30 days. thank you. >> thank you, mr. violence chairman. i want to point out that i'm going to try to enforce the eight minute. if you hear a tapping, it's not personal. senator rockefeller? >> thank you, madam chair, welcome mr. brennan, and if confirmed, you're going to lead an extraordinary agency with extraordinary people who perform extraordinary services, most of them totally unknown by the american people. most don't think about that. a life of public service and never having been known. those citizens with everything that we do to be known, and we get elected. it's very different in the central intelligence association and i respect it very much. i want to go to the eitc, that's tax credit, to the enhanced interrogation techniques. not the for the first. you talk about the 6,000 pages. what i want to say, an when the seconsecond round round comes, i will. dealing with the frustration of various administration, about trying to get information. why was it that they felt that we were so unworthy of being trusted? why was it they were w
he was put on a u.s. ship&interrogated for 30 days. thank you. >> thank you, mr. violence chairman. i want to point out that i'm going to try to enforce the eight minute. if you hear a tapping, it's not personal. senator rockefeller? >> thank you, madam chair, welcome mr. brennan, and if confirmed, you're going to lead an extraordinary agency with extraordinary people who perform extraordinary services, most of them totally unknown by the american people. most don't think about...
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the u.s. government. >> the intelligence community assessed that saddam hussein was building a mobile biological weapons capability to avoid detection by the u.s. and its allies. and the assessment was based almost entirely on one source from the german government, a source named curveball. >> his real name as far as they know is rafid ahmed alwan, an iraqi engineer who makes his way to germany and tells german intelligence and says he worked in saddam's weapons labs used to make weapons of mass destruction. >> curveball was known to be a fabricator. he could not be relied upon. his intelligence always had been sort of stamped, you know, do not -- do not disseminate. this is useless. >> curveball is a lone and seriously suspect source, and u.s. intelligence agencies rely solely on german reports. they never actually question him themselves. in this 2011 interview with britain's newspaper "the guardian," the man called curveball confirms the lies of his pre-war claims. >> this particular issue
the u.s. government. >> the intelligence community assessed that saddam hussein was building a mobile biological weapons capability to avoid detection by the u.s. and its allies. and the assessment was based almost entirely on one source from the german government, a source named curveball. >> his real name as far as they know is rafid ahmed alwan, an iraqi engineer who makes his way to germany and tells german intelligence and says he worked in saddam's weapons labs used to make...
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law enforcement is in favor of this measure as attorney general, and u.s. attorney, the federal prosecutor, before then for four and a half years i know that law enforcement really feels that enforcement of existing laws can be bettered by this kind of commonsense measure, and i think to answer your question very directly, the centerpiece of efforts to control gun violence of the horrific kind that occurred in my state in newtown we're still recovering and rebuilding and grieving, and seeking to aid the people that were directly involved. that kind of effort will be aided by these national background checks, along with efforts against straw purchases, trafficking, a comprehensive strategy that includes mental health michigan at thes such as i propose mental health first and aed a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines. >> and as the children try -- the surviving children try to heal, we note that they are from sandy hook elementary. the children are going to be going to the super bowl and singing "america the beautiful," and that is going to be
law enforcement is in favor of this measure as attorney general, and u.s. attorney, the federal prosecutor, before then for four and a half years i know that law enforcement really feels that enforcement of existing laws can be bettered by this kind of commonsense measure, and i think to answer your question very directly, the centerpiece of efforts to control gun violence of the horrific kind that occurred in my state in newtown we're still recovering and rebuilding and grieving, and seeking...
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enjoy he spoke of the u.s. and britain as having the most open relationship that they have with any country in the world well that's all well and good but is a satisfactory relationship everyone wants to talk more about that i'm joined by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us to stephen open relationships let's go into that is it really beneficial day for everyone i'm not sure it actually is i mean it should be we are and we are two countries that actually share common values in terms of our legal systems our language the way that we look at business and it should be but over the period of the years that we have this special relationship to winston churchill the first court in the fridge we've seen lots of arguments between ourselves and those of you know states clearly there was a huge to. from the way that the british public did not want to get involved in afghanistan we also had a disagreement in the way that we did not want to get in vietnam and only recently we
enjoy he spoke of the u.s. and britain as having the most open relationship that they have with any country in the world well that's all well and good but is a satisfactory relationship everyone wants to talk more about that i'm joined by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us to stephen open relationships let's go into that is it really beneficial day for everyone i'm not sure it actually is i mean it should be we are and we are two countries that...
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and u.s. journalist and historian douglas valentine he says that washington's anti terror measures overzealously taking advantage of public fears and even stoking them fat. it's what the rise by the us congress by certain very important congress people who believe that they are reflecting the will of the american people in the wake of nine eleven there was a huge outcry in america for vengeance for the united states to prove for the government to prove that it was more terrible than the people who launched the nine eleven attack and so the congress believing that if you like the will of the american people authorize the cia to do this since nine eleven the government has been able to maintain this attitude that it's required for security to commit crime this is never been necessary before one of illustrates is that the government is more capable propagandizing the american people by exaggerating the threats that exist in order to perpetuate which probably is a state of emergency that really do
and u.s. journalist and historian douglas valentine he says that washington's anti terror measures overzealously taking advantage of public fears and even stoking them fat. it's what the rise by the us congress by certain very important congress people who believe that they are reflecting the will of the american people in the wake of nine eleven there was a huge outcry in america for vengeance for the united states to prove for the government to prove that it was more terrible than the people...
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soviet union and nuclear proliferation and weapons of mass destruction were a constant concern and u.s. officials were hard at work around the globe trying to prevent regional tensions and animosity from turning into full-scale wars and ominously, the united states was about to face an upsurge in terrorist attacks that would claim hundreds of american drives in lebanon including a 49-year-old cia officers named bob ames, killed during a brief visit to our embassy in beirut and who at the time was my boss at the cia. during my 25 year career at cia i watched up close and participated in history being made in far off corners of the world and cia fulfilled its critical intelligence role collecting intelligence, uncovering secrets, identifying threats, partnering with foreign intelligence and security services, analyzing complicated developments abroad and carrying out covert action and attempting to forecast events yet to happen, all in an effort to protect our people and to strengthen america's national security. and throughout my career, i had the great fortune to experience firsthand a
soviet union and nuclear proliferation and weapons of mass destruction were a constant concern and u.s. officials were hard at work around the globe trying to prevent regional tensions and animosity from turning into full-scale wars and ominously, the united states was about to face an upsurge in terrorist attacks that would claim hundreds of american drives in lebanon including a 49-year-old cia officers named bob ames, killed during a brief visit to our embassy in beirut and who at the time...
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u.s. government has only identified sixteen quote unquote high value detainees italy is the only country where a court has criminally has convicted officials for their involvement in extraordinary rendition operations ten of these the only country to issue an apology to and to agree to an extraordinary rendition victim here are our who was rendered to and tortured in syria and only three countries in addition to canada and sweden australia and the united kingdom have issued compensation to extraordinary rendition victims this report is ripe with human rights abuses and it's clear that high ranking bush administration officials bear responsibility for authorizing human rights violations and yet no one was prosecuted because the u.s. government has classified everything related to its torture practices any accusation would be dismissed on state secrets grounds. u.s. journalist and historian douglas valentine says washington's anti terror measures are overzealously taking advantage of public
u.s. government has only identified sixteen quote unquote high value detainees italy is the only country where a court has criminally has convicted officials for their involvement in extraordinary rendition operations ten of these the only country to issue an apology to and to agree to an extraordinary rendition victim here are our who was rendered to and tortured in syria and only three countries in addition to canada and sweden australia and the united kingdom have issued compensation to...
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u.s. secretary of state she's traveled the world on numerous diplomatic missions but as she leaves her post with great fanfare does the hype match her record that's a question we'll ask coming up. the u.s. and the u.n. have imposed numerous sanctions against iran and its ability to sell oil around the globe but a new report says american officials in afghanistan failed to verify that fuel purchased for afghan security forces didn't come from iran is this yet another case of us a pop or c. . from immigration to health care the u.s. is facing serious problems but can a government that's deeply divided along party lines actually solve these different problems are to shine the light on some of the issues that's creating a broken system in the u.s. . it's friday february first him in washington d.c. meghan lopez and you're watching r.t. . well we begin with news coming out of turkey today two people are dead after a suicide bomber attacked the american embassy in an carra the turkish guardednes
u.s. secretary of state she's traveled the world on numerous diplomatic missions but as she leaves her post with great fanfare does the hype match her record that's a question we'll ask coming up. the u.s. and the u.n. have imposed numerous sanctions against iran and its ability to sell oil around the globe but a new report says american officials in afghanistan failed to verify that fuel purchased for afghan security forces didn't come from iran is this yet another case of us a pop or c. ....
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u.s., it is super bowl sunday. last night aid yee wran peterson, back from an acl injury, beat out peyton manning for the nfl's most valuable player award. right now, my story of the week. war and that other thing. thursday's senate confirmation hearing for chuck hagel was an omni directional embarrassing debacle for everyone involved. first there was the senate republican republicans. republican senator after republican senator threw questions at hagel that even by the debate standards of a nominating hearing were the cheapest kind of demagoguery and bullying. >> why do you think that the iranian foreign ministry so strongly supports your nomination to be the secretary of defense? >> to go on al jazeera, a foreign network broadcasting propaganda to nations that are hostile to us and to explicitly agree with the characterization of the united states as the world's bully, i would suggest is not the conduct one would expect of a secretary of defense. >> you continue to fold, i believe, extre
u.s., it is super bowl sunday. last night aid yee wran peterson, back from an acl injury, beat out peyton manning for the nfl's most valuable player award. right now, my story of the week. war and that other thing. thursday's senate confirmation hearing for chuck hagel was an omni directional embarrassing debacle for everyone involved. first there was the senate republican republicans. republican senator after republican senator threw questions at hagel that even by the debate standards of a...
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by u.s. family from the same or footage as dimitri jacoba who died of heat stroke in two thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car yacob lives name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens well critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the u.s. can assure the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. in the somali right there and another of obama's recent nominations this time the new military chief faces his latest battle today still to come here on the program a report on where chuck hagel stands after being all but hung out to dry in a bitter partisan standoff. when a welfare is unfair u.k. unemployment benefits lead to a generation is giving up on going to work because it's simply more lucrative to take government handouts and much more after the break. to use our life. into no silence. invisible to everyone. every d
by u.s. family from the same or footage as dimitri jacoba who died of heat stroke in two thousand and eight after being left inside an overheated car yacob lives name is now the title of a rush limbaugh that prohibits the adoption of russian children by u.s. citizens well critics say the law it's too harsh while supporters claim it's the only thing to be done until the u.s. can assure the safety of russian adoptees and adequate justice for violent crimes against children. in the somali right...
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now u.s. army private bradley manning is about to face a new round of pretrial hearings manning faces a number of charges for allegedly hundred classified days or to the we can leaks website the most serious is aiding the enemy which could land him behind bars for life so mass rallies have been held in over seventy cities seventy cities across the walls to maga thousand days of his detention and attorney kevin zeese explains why many believe his treatment is unlawful. judge did recognize in the motion this moves for the solitary confinement that manning was treated improperly and did take a one hundred days off work of his whatever sentence of any he ends up with so the judge doesn't recognize the government did by the law and went to bars that's a positive it is and i hope that the judge will recognize that delaying this trial where they have is enough reason to dismiss the case that certain point all of the government's outages add up and the outrage is government conduct me recognizing the
now u.s. army private bradley manning is about to face a new round of pretrial hearings manning faces a number of charges for allegedly hundred classified days or to the we can leaks website the most serious is aiding the enemy which could land him behind bars for life so mass rallies have been held in over seventy cities seventy cities across the walls to maga thousand days of his detention and attorney kevin zeese explains why many believe his treatment is unlawful. judge did recognize in the...
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and the u.s. senate hearings are underway for president obama's controversial pick to be the new chief of the cia already the sessions have been interrupted due to protests by activists angry the man behind america's infamous drawing program could become head of the agency. political chaos in tunisia anti-government protests turned into violent clashes with police and the ruling islamist blog the prime minister's plan to form a coalition government. the countdown to the next winter olympics begins that's exactly one year until russia hosts its first ever winter games that promises to become the most unique and the most expensive in history. but not everyone is in a celebrate torrie mood russia's president lashes out at overspending and sacks a key figure behind the two thousand and fourteen games. and broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us. now from drone strikes to torture techniques barack obama's nominee for head of the cia is facing tough q
and the u.s. senate hearings are underway for president obama's controversial pick to be the new chief of the cia already the sessions have been interrupted due to protests by activists angry the man behind america's infamous drawing program could become head of the agency. political chaos in tunisia anti-government protests turned into violent clashes with police and the ruling islamist blog the prime minister's plan to form a coalition government. the countdown to the next winter olympics...
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a reporter accuses over fifty countries of assisting the u.s. and secretly detaining interrogating and torturing terrorist suspects abroad. iran's president on an historic visit to cairo western friendly egypt looking ready to perhaps open a new phase of relations with tara. and one of the german chancellor's main election opponents says she's been just too hard on one of europe's most financially ravaged countries. find out why greece could be the key battleground states in this year's general election. well why news twenty four hours a day this is r t live from moscow with me rule re sushi welcome to the program as many as fifty four countries took part in the cia's secret detention and prisoner rendition program and the claim was made in a report from a new york based ngo which claims that foreign governments aided the u.s. in making sure that it tara geishas were out of the reach of the law more in this investigation now from a guy in a can. this is a very comprehensive report prepared by the open society foundations not only do they detail
a reporter accuses over fifty countries of assisting the u.s. and secretly detaining interrogating and torturing terrorist suspects abroad. iran's president on an historic visit to cairo western friendly egypt looking ready to perhaps open a new phase of relations with tara. and one of the german chancellor's main election opponents says she's been just too hard on one of europe's most financially ravaged countries. find out why greece could be the key battleground states in this year's general...
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enjoy he spoke of the u.s. and britain as having the most open relationship that they have with any country in the world well that's all well and good but is a satisfactory relationship everyone want to talk more about that i'm doing by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us from relationships that's going to that is it really beneficial day for everyone i'm not sure about chile i mean it should be we are and we are two countries that actually share common values in terms of our legal systems of language the way that we look at business and it should be but over the period of the years that we have this special relationship to winston churchill first quarter the friends we see lots of arguments between also on those you state clearly there was a huge to. agreed in the way that the british public did not want to get involved in afghanistan we also had a disagreement in the way that we did not want to get in vietnam and only recently we've heard president obama suggest
enjoy he spoke of the u.s. and britain as having the most open relationship that they have with any country in the world well that's all well and good but is a satisfactory relationship everyone want to talk more about that i'm doing by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us from relationships that's going to that is it really beneficial day for everyone i'm not sure about chile i mean it should be we are and we are two countries that actually share...
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we're also watching to see what happens with u.s. air and the board of american airlines parent amr. they are expected to vote today on whether they will complete a merger. the combined airline would have $39 billion worth of revenues and more than 100,000 employees and a fleet of more than 1,500 aircraft. we could get an announcement on that deal by the end of the week. >> thank you. >>> and with the new pope expected to be chosen next month, we thought it fitting to look at the most popular names. leo is the most popular used 13 times. benedict and gregory are tied for second. the most popular name for a pope, john. to grow, we have to boost our social media visibility. more "likes." more tweets. so, beginning today, my son brock and his whole team will be our new senior social media strategists. any questions? since we make radiator valves wouldn't it be better if we just let fedex help us to expand to new markets? hmm gotta admit that's better than a few "likes." i don't have the door code. who's that? he won a contest online to
we're also watching to see what happens with u.s. air and the board of american airlines parent amr. they are expected to vote today on whether they will complete a merger. the combined airline would have $39 billion worth of revenues and more than 100,000 employees and a fleet of more than 1,500 aircraft. we could get an announcement on that deal by the end of the week. >> thank you. >>> and with the new pope expected to be chosen next month, we thought it fitting to look at the...
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now with the u.s. security policy coming in for some harsh criticism the country's vice president is getting an inside look at what other nations are planning joe biden gets the front line view of british security by sitting among the country's top intelligence officials in downing street. the visit of the reigning leader to egypt the first in more than three decades is seen as a sign that to the middle east heavyweights are moving closer president ahmadinejad is under pressure from western states over his nation's nuclear program is attending a muslim summit to discuss security issues with egypt's mohamed morsi egypt and iran severed relations after the islamic revolution and they further deteriorated after egypt's peace treaty with israel nor says you as a bank rise to power out of egypt's uprising is seen as major hurdle to better ties with tehran which is strongly opposed to the current revolt in syria some analysts believe keeping the door open to the islamic republic shows cairo is pursuing a mor
now with the u.s. security policy coming in for some harsh criticism the country's vice president is getting an inside look at what other nations are planning joe biden gets the front line view of british security by sitting among the country's top intelligence officials in downing street. the visit of the reigning leader to egypt the first in more than three decades is seen as a sign that to the middle east heavyweights are moving closer president ahmadinejad is under pressure from western...
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still an incumbent u.s. senator for all intents and purposes still claims to be the incumbent u.s. senator. i don't think there's an easy way of doing it. >> i think the person who has handled it worse is frank lautenberg who is constantly out there taunting cory booker. who has a million followers on twitter. he's a good guy. he's saving dogs. he's saving people from their homes. i don't know if i would -- >> given new jersey's politics, i don't know if this could have gone down any differently. >> that's what cory booker people claim that there's no other way to do it. >> i think cory booker could have tried to manage this understanding that lautenberg is a long-serving senator, but he's kind of a cranky old man and you need to manage personalities. >> he acts like a spoiled child. >> i'm going to ask you about -- i'll deal with bob menendez, we've got the break. don't worry. not leaving that off the table. the gaggle sticking with us but we'll hear from the white house on the just released job numbers. and on "meet the press," secretary of defense leon panetta and martin dempsey
still an incumbent u.s. senator for all intents and purposes still claims to be the incumbent u.s. senator. i don't think there's an easy way of doing it. >> i think the person who has handled it worse is frank lautenberg who is constantly out there taunting cory booker. who has a million followers on twitter. he's a good guy. he's saving dogs. he's saving people from their homes. i don't know if i would -- >> given new jersey's politics, i don't know if this could have gone down...
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in the u.s. vice president has gained exclusive access to london security plans by sitting in on a downing street mazing fresh from visits to berlin and paris joe biden met prime minister david cameron and the gold the inside view from britain's military and intelligence chiefs. has met on the small rather on the unprecedented axis. for the vice president he's known for sometimes putting his foot in his mouth almost being another gaffe but some a very quick to point out when he said that he talked of being delighted to have been invited to that meeting and of having spent half his life in security meetings in the u.s. but people are quick to point out you don't actually have a spoke for years on the u.s. national security council he can give you that possibly he was referring to other security commitments but during his visit to downing street this is what part of what he took part in he was invited to this national security council meeting it was chaired by prime minister david cameron and it's
in the u.s. vice president has gained exclusive access to london security plans by sitting in on a downing street mazing fresh from visits to berlin and paris joe biden met prime minister david cameron and the gold the inside view from britain's military and intelligence chiefs. has met on the small rather on the unprecedented axis. for the vice president he's known for sometimes putting his foot in his mouth almost being another gaffe but some a very quick to point out when he said that he...
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in the u.s. and other countries to ask tougher and tougher sanctions on iran we really commie is a really bad state so iran needs all the friends it can get there's no reason for iran to be isolated there's no proof it's about opinion weapons it's got a peaceful nuclear energy program which is no evidence to the contrary so therefore it's wrong but it should be totally isolated. yes creating conflict in syria is forcing an increasing number of civilians to flee abroad the u.n. estimates that more than seven hundred fifty thousand syrians have already become refugees with the figure expected to keep rising dramatically every day droves are fleeing across the border into jordan but some are not going back to the war zone as artie's lucy careful of now reports. they come here to escape the hell of war as many as fifty thousand in the last month alone yet all too often in jordan zaatari camp hope gives way to despair we have nothing when relived our homes why is this happening why isn't anyone here t
in the u.s. and other countries to ask tougher and tougher sanctions on iran we really commie is a really bad state so iran needs all the friends it can get there's no reason for iran to be isolated there's no proof it's about opinion weapons it's got a peaceful nuclear energy program which is no evidence to the contrary so therefore it's wrong but it should be totally isolated. yes creating conflict in syria is forcing an increasing number of civilians to flee abroad the u.n. estimates that...
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has done so far showed you ran the opposite of that starting from the u.s. helping get rid of their democratically elected leader in the fifty's putting the shah in power much hated figure in iran what can the u.s. do to. now to show iran that they respect their national interests the first thing that has to happen is this basic acceptance except in some of these low mcgrew public as a legitimate and rational actor this is the model.
has done so far showed you ran the opposite of that starting from the u.s. helping get rid of their democratically elected leader in the fifty's putting the shah in power much hated figure in iran what can the u.s. do to. now to show iran that they respect their national interests the first thing that has to happen is this basic acceptance except in some of these low mcgrew public as a legitimate and rational actor this is the model.
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doctors say the discovery may help explain why the u.s. just had its worst year for whooping cough in six decades. whooping cough was common until a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s. >>> here's a question for you -- should workers jet get over-- get overtime pay for reading emails after hours. that's the focus of a federal lawsuit. a chicago police sergeant is suing claiming it owes him and fellow officers overtime pay for answering and replying to work-related issues on the company-issued blackberry. the suit claims police leaders forced their officers to respond to after-hour questions but told them not to file for overtime. if the officers win, they could get millions of dollars in back pay. >>> apple just reached a new milestone. its itunes store set a record with 25 billion songs sold. the song "monkey drums" by chase buck is the 25 billionth download. the lucky customer in germany won an itunes gift card worth more than $13,000. itunes store launched in 2003 and has 26 million songs in its catalog. i'm stauck on the smartphone sto
doctors say the discovery may help explain why the u.s. just had its worst year for whooping cough in six decades. whooping cough was common until a vaccine was introduced in the 1940s. >>> here's a question for you -- should workers jet get over-- get overtime pay for reading emails after hours. that's the focus of a federal lawsuit. a chicago police sergeant is suing claiming it owes him and fellow officers overtime pay for answering and replying to work-related issues on the...
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during his google chat, one person asked the president why the u.s. still mints pennies when so many economists agree they are economically inefficient. the president said while it wouldn't be a huge savings for the government, it should be changed. >> i will tell you that you're right. this is not going to be a huge savings for government, but anytime we're spending more money on something that people don't actually use, that's an example of something we should probably change. it's very hard to get rid of things that don't work so that we can then invest in the things that do. and the penny ends up being, i think, a good metaphor for some of the larger problems that we've got. >> so much for hope and change. anyway, there is some change he does not believe in. >>> finally, russian residents woke up to a huge fireball across the sky this morning, resulting in a powerful blast that injured about 400 people. early russian reports say the fireball was caused by a meteorite. according to the associated press, the interior ministry says the fireball cause
during his google chat, one person asked the president why the u.s. still mints pennies when so many economists agree they are economically inefficient. the president said while it wouldn't be a huge savings for the government, it should be changed. >> i will tell you that you're right. this is not going to be a huge savings for government, but anytime we're spending more money on something that people don't actually use, that's an example of something we should probably change. it's very...
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a leaked justice department memo suggests the u.s. government allows drone strikes on its citizens abroad reporter as washington target all al qaeda linked american suspects even if they are considered to be merely plotting against the u.s. an attack does not have to be considered imminent for a suspect to be targeted. now a series of drunken brawls on planes of set russian lawmakers thinking of banning people from carrying duty free alcohol on board a russian airlines say they need legal rights to restrain unruly passengers and refuse services to those causing problems artie's a really good story. where your seat belts are fastened the tray table is securely stowed and the passenger next to you is not intoxicated out of his mind passport tickets and alcohol of course there is a lot of there wasn't prohibit drinking on board but that doesn't stop many passengers if there is a will there is always a way to sneak that bottle on the plane. recently cases of unruly drunks have been springing up one after another one man attacked a police
a leaked justice department memo suggests the u.s. government allows drone strikes on its citizens abroad reporter as washington target all al qaeda linked american suspects even if they are considered to be merely plotting against the u.s. an attack does not have to be considered imminent for a suspect to be targeted. now a series of drunken brawls on planes of set russian lawmakers thinking of banning people from carrying duty free alcohol on board a russian airlines say they need legal...
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a u.s. and geo claims more than fifty countries were involved in america that notorious extraordinary rendition program some going as far as hosting the cia black sites for enhanced interrogation of terror suspects r.t. asks why so many governments got involved in what activists call state sponsored kidnapping and torture. and president ahmadinejad flies into egypt in what is the first trip of its kind by an iranian leader in thirty years the visit is seen as an attempt to improve ties between the two regional heavyweights amid rising tensions with his room. and broadcasting live twenty four hours a day with top news and commentary this is r.t. from moscow glad to have you with us now the french military assisted by local militia has taken the city of the last major city still controlled by islamist militants meanwhile warplanes have continued striking at the remaining militant hideouts in the far north of the country the french foreign minister has hinted that the operation may be over as e
a u.s. and geo claims more than fifty countries were involved in america that notorious extraordinary rendition program some going as far as hosting the cia black sites for enhanced interrogation of terror suspects r.t. asks why so many governments got involved in what activists call state sponsored kidnapping and torture. and president ahmadinejad flies into egypt in what is the first trip of its kind by an iranian leader in thirty years the visit is seen as an attempt to improve ties between...
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in the u.s. and other countries to ask tougher and tougher sanctions on iran we really commie is a really bad state so iran needs all the friends it can get there's no reason for iran to be isolated there's no proof about it when you create weapons it's got a peaceful nuclear energy program which is no evidence contrary so therefore it's wrong but it should be totally isolated. we are skirting conflict in syria is forcing an increasing number of civilians to flee abroad the un estimates that more than seven hundred fifty thousand syrians have already become refugees with the figure expected to keep rising dramatically every day droves are fleeing across the border into jordan but some are not going back to the war zone as artie's lucy careful of now reports. they come here to escape the hell of war as many as fifty thousand in the last month alone yet all too often in jordan zaatari camp hope gives way to despair we have nothing relived our home why is this happening why isn't anyone here to help
in the u.s. and other countries to ask tougher and tougher sanctions on iran we really commie is a really bad state so iran needs all the friends it can get there's no reason for iran to be isolated there's no proof about it when you create weapons it's got a peaceful nuclear energy program which is no evidence contrary so therefore it's wrong but it should be totally isolated. we are skirting conflict in syria is forcing an increasing number of civilians to flee abroad the un estimates that...
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surge worked, what it did was extract the united states from a war that senator hagel believes the u.s. never should have been in, so he didn't sort of have that kind of strong push back. i think that truck made a very good point about what kind of sway he is going to have in congress. you know, the calculation of having a republican defense secretary as it was when bob gates remained as defense secretary for the first two years of the obama administration was to have someone there with the credibility to say, you know, this old cold war system can die. we don't need it. we can cut the budget here and put the money in cyber or put the money in some other activity that the united states considers relevant pursuing terrorists. right now it's not clear that he has enough juice with his own party that any of those arguments would necessarily work. i think that the white house has to be wondering did they buy the kind of authority from him and the kind of bipart sfwlan approach that they had hoped for? >> david, thank you very much. chuck, before i let you go, we've about the to talk about
surge worked, what it did was extract the united states from a war that senator hagel believes the u.s. never should have been in, so he didn't sort of have that kind of strong push back. i think that truck made a very good point about what kind of sway he is going to have in congress. you know, the calculation of having a republican defense secretary as it was when bob gates remained as defense secretary for the first two years of the obama administration was to have someone there with the...
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a leaked justice department memo suggests the u.s. government allows drone strikes on its citizens abroad reporter as washington target all al qaeda linked american suspects even if they are considered to be merely plotting against the u.s. an attack does not have to be considered imminent for a suspect to be targeted. now a series of drunken brawls on planes of russian lawmakers thinking of banning people from carrying duty free alcohol on board a russian airlines say they need legal rights to restrain unruly passengers and refuse services to those causing problems artie's arena has the story. where your seat belts are fastened the tray table is securely stowed and have a passenger next to you is not intoxicated out of his mind passport tickets and alcohol of course there's a lot of there wasn't prohibit drinking on board but that doesn't stop many passengers if there is a will there is always a way to sneak that bottle on the plane. recently cases of unruly drunks have been springing up one after another one man attacked a police of
a leaked justice department memo suggests the u.s. government allows drone strikes on its citizens abroad reporter as washington target all al qaeda linked american suspects even if they are considered to be merely plotting against the u.s. an attack does not have to be considered imminent for a suspect to be targeted. now a series of drunken brawls on planes of russian lawmakers thinking of banning people from carrying duty free alcohol on board a russian airlines say they need legal rights to...
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allies and made the u.s. mission in afghanistan very very difficult so why confirming and by picking john brennan the united states administration is basically that is telling everybody you know what i will continue to do would pursue policies unilaterally and these policies would be quite similar to the ones that actually antagonize many of the americas so as this region so we are looking basically ahead and on their feet east of instability of increasing instability in this whole region of course i have i can also mention several key points also about the drone program john brett and the and the cia are touting this as one of their successes and how it's important for the future but the fact is the drones have a very checkered record with regards to the successes and the listicle qaeda for example of hideout was not all traded because off the drone hide it was of little created and destroyed because of the close intelligence just cooperation between several countries in the region key of course where the un
allies and made the u.s. mission in afghanistan very very difficult so why confirming and by picking john brennan the united states administration is basically that is telling everybody you know what i will continue to do would pursue policies unilaterally and these policies would be quite similar to the ones that actually antagonize many of the americas so as this region so we are looking basically ahead and on their feet east of instability of increasing instability in this whole region of...